Mr Career Tick - Career Coach - Australia & New Zealand

If your job search isn't moving the way you expected then this episode is for you.   In 45 minutes of straight talk, Uli Schild aka MrCareerTick, career and job search coach to mid and senior level professionals across Australia and New Zealand  works through the 5 most important principles shaping successful job hunters in today's market.   These aren't motivational talking points. They are pract...

Episode 5 of the 50+ Career Renaissance series is live, and this is the one where it all gets practical. 🎙️   If you've been applying on SEEK, Indeed, and LinkedIn Jobs and wondering why you're getting automated rejections or just... silence, this episode is going to explain exactly what's happening and what to do instead.   Here's what we cover in Episode 5:   Where the real opportunities actuall...

Stop blaming your ag for a moment. What if the real reason recruiters are skipping your profile isn't your age, but the fact that your digital presence, especially on LinkedIn  looks like a museum exhibit or prehistoric fossil? In Episode 3 of the 50+ Career Renaissance podcasts series, we’re tackling the LinkedIn  "Fossilisation" trap. Many experienced leaders are effectively invisible to the mod...

The 50 + Career Renaissance - The Job Market Failed You. In this Episode, Mr CareerTick, aka Uli Schild, breaks down in a "mirror style " coaching session the misconception that it is the job market that keeps you in a communication black hole.  In his classic NO YOGA BABBLE coaching style, Uli Schild deciphers for you - Recruiting Bias, Self-Inflicted Bias and the tools to reform your thinking, y...

The 50+ Career Renaissance Episode 2: They’ve Changed. Quietly. Hiring has shifted — without announcements, conferences, or LinkedIn posts. If you’re over 50 and have felt ignored, ghosted, or quietly filtered out, this episode matters. Behind closed doors, recruiters and hiring managers are reassessing what really counts: judgment, execution, reliability — not polish. In Episode 2 of The 50+ Care...

The 50+ Career Renaissance: Why the Grown-ups are back in demand. After years of chasing "youthful disruption," recruiters in 2026 are exhausted by the high-maintenance cycle of the younger cohorts. They are pivoting back to the adults in the room. In this season opener, Uli Schild (aka @MrCareerTick) breaks down the 4 systemic failures of the modern workforce, from Dopamine Loops to Feedback Frag...

AI’s presence in our lives has grown significantly. It has helped how we live our lives, handle business operations, and, for the modern-day job seeker, how we search and prepare for jobs. In this episode of the Career Tick Podcast, I speak with James Bedford, an Education Specialist in Artificial Intelligence, and together we are going to explore how AI tools have changed today’s job search proce...

Nurses are the backbone of healthcare, providing essential care across numerous sectors, often under immense pressure and in chronically understaffed environments. They deliver excellence even when resources are thin, all while shouldering the emotional, mental, and financial toll that comes with the job.   In this episode of The Career Tick Podcast, Uli Schild (aka @MrCareerTick) is joined by ER...

How do you rebuild your life and career with purpose?   We might have felt sidelined by burnout, derailed by personal setbacks, or we might just find ourselves searching for a new chapter and wondering: What’s next for my career?   In this episode of the Mr. Career Tick Podcast, Uli Schild (Senior Career Strategist @MrCareerTick) is joined by Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Chantelle Stile...

If your funeral were tomorrow, what would people truly say about your work and the legacy you left behind? Here is the sobering reality: On average, only 10 people cry at a funeral. And, the number one factor determining how many people attend your burial is the weather. Most of us spend our lives striving and holding it all together, only for the weather to be the deciding factor of our final sen...

After 15 years as a career coach, Uli Schild, aka Mr Career Tick, is pulling back the curtain on the one career move that’s helped hundreds of clients (and himself) stay sane, solvent, and strategic: contracting. In this episode, Uli shares 10 smart, experience-backed reasons why contracting isn’t just a fallback—it’s a future-proof strategy for professionals who are tired of the corporate circus,...

We all have pipe dreams—heartfelt and sometimes wildly unrealistic ideas we tuck away for “someday.” But what about the career goals we chase without clarity, the ones that quietly drain our energy and leave us stuck? In this episode, career coach Uli Schild, aka Mr. Career Tick, invites you to rethink your relationship with ambition. Uli shares three powerful mindset shifts that help unclog your...

Feeling stuck in your job search? Overwhelmed by endless applications, ghosted interviews, or just unsure what your next move should be? In this episode, Uli Schild—aka Mr Career Tick—shares five powerful principles to help you shift from scattered effort to focused progress. You’ll learn how to: Find clarity in your career direction Prioritize progress over perfection Take action instead of overt...

Burnout might feel like a breakdown—but it can be the breakthrough your career needs. In this energizing episode of the Mr. Career Tick Podcast, career coach Uli Schild shares the five essential steps to reignite your career after burnout and return to work with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Drawing from over decades of career coaching experience, Uli, aka Mr. Career Tick, breaks down the real...

Think HR is giving you the whole story about how your salary is set—or why your pay raise stalled? Think again.  In this unfiltered episode, Mr. Career Tick exposes the truths HR departments won’t tell you: from vague salary ranges to silent negotiation tactics and budget limits they hope you’ll never ask about. Whether you’re gearing up for your annual performance review or just wondering what’s...

Behind every successful job search is a mindset rooted in purpose, discipline, and self-leadership. In this episode, Mr. Career Tick shares six high-impact habits that shift your focus from frustration to forward motion. Whether you're stuck in a draining job, navigating change, or wondering how long this search will last—this is the clarity you’ve been craving. What you’ll walk away with: A new u...

How do you turn your bad work experience into future career success? Ever survived a job so stressful, toxic, or chaotic that it felt like a daily escape room? You’re not alone—but what if those negative experiences could fuel your future success? In this episode, Mr. Career Tick breaks down five powerful ways to reframe bad work experiences into valuable skills and expertise that will make you st...

Landing a new job is exciting—but are you walking into a nightmare? Before you sign the dotted line, spot the red flags that could lead to toxic leadership. From micromanagers to credit thieves, bad bosses come in all forms—and they could cost you your sanity, your career growth, and even your happiness at work. In this episode, Mr. Career Tick breaks down the classic warning signs of a bad boss a...

Did you ever wonder what’s silently holding your career back? Your boss is not just always looking at what you are doing right—sometimes, what you need to STOP doing also matters! The Mr. Career Tick podcast is BACK. What if leveling up at work isn’t about adding more to your plate—but cutting out what’s holding you back? In my latest podcast, 3 Things Your Boss Wants You to Stop in the New Year,...

People reach out to me in many ways. I receive emails, Insta messages, LinkedIn messages and lots of calls from individuals who are trying to work out why they have lost their mojo at work and what they can do to reconnect with the work they once loved. That’s not necessary job search coaching or career coaching and so I often feel challenged to sell my services. There are many issues these indivi...

Let’s face it, many companies have cool products or services, hip and modern offices and if you’re lucky even great locations But really good companies have all that and then they also have good people and good company culture. So How Do You Find Employers with Good People & Culture so you can hang there for a while and create the career you deserve? In this 29-minute podcast MrCareerTick aka...

Kick Ass at Work Without Losing It (or Why More Time Away from Work is The Way to Kick Ass at Work) In his latest 25 + minute podcast Uli aka MrCareertick talks about Work-Life Balance and How To Kick Ass At Work Without Losing It. How do you keep work from becoming your life? How do you make room when it seems like there is no room? Uli has some work/life balance tips from a bona fide workaholic...

To be an effective job hunter you must learn how to exercise intellectual empathy, meaning you must learn how to think like the person on the other end of the table. But don’t worry .. This podcast is not about Recruiters! It’s all about the guys who do the hiring inside the HR Department and they are called The Talent Acquisition Team These are the guys who are responsible for the job ads and the...

Job searching sucks, we all know that and the whole search today isn’t what it was decades ago when our parents were way ahead and building careers for themselves. Yes, Yes we all know, it isn’t even the same as it was when I embarked upon my first search many years ago. While some things seem to stand the test of time—can you imagine not needing a resume? —others are best left in the past – espec...

Job hunting is definitely a numbers game, simply because your resume is a: competing with hundreds of other applicants and is b: pre-screened by the ATS software, but strategy, rather than luck, is what makes it successful. If you're aiming blindly, you'll find that you'll repeatedly get rejected or worse, ghosted.  Rather than burying your head in another round of bullet spraying job sites with y...